Sleeping-eyes mounting for dolls.



D. A. ST. GERMAIN.

SLEEPING EYES MOUNTING FOR DOLLS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1918.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918 WITNESSES Specification of Letters Patent.

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.applimtion filed ma 13, 1918. serial No. 284,804.

To all whom it may e itlmown that 1', Don A. ST. Gunners,

a citizen of the United States and a resident of the city of New York, Richmond Hill, borough of Queens in the county of Queens and State of New ork, have invented a new and lmproved'SleepingEyes Mounting for aisle means'uiherehy member which permits the veapdly without any one Dolls, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description.

his inventionrelates todolls and has to deal more particularly with a mounting for the eyes.

The invention has for its general objects to improve and simplify the construction of sleep mg eyes mountingsso as to be comparativoly simple and inexpensive to manu- Jtactmro, reliable and eficient in use, and so designed as to be easily and quickly attached iugroper position in the head of the doll.

more specific object of the invention is the provision oii'a mounting having adjustthe proper set of the eye eye socket of the head quickly obtained, the a yielding supporting cycle] to yield in- 3 tot emount' capable or autofiiii c ally restoring hfe eyes to normal ith such an other objects in View, the invention. comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will Ma set forth." with particularity inthe following description and claims appended. hereto.

n the accompanying drawing which illustrates one embodiment of e invention and .w erein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views,

igure 1 is a central verticalsection of a dolls head with the eyes and mounting therein;

Fig. 2 is a front view mounting;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line Fig. 1; and

Fig. l is a rear view" of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a doll s head, which is shown as a one-piece structure and havin the usual eye sockets 1., and disposed in t e head is a mounting forteeyesC.

The mounting and eyes constitute a unitary structure which is placed in the head through the open neck 2, th

respect 'to the he easily and mounting including with of the eyes and forward. The adjustment of e mounting he ing iastenedto the back portion of the neck, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The eyes 3 are fastened rigidly 3 which is journaled in a pair of bearing lugs d, and depending from the center of the shaft 3 is a pendulum element or swinging weight 5.

The mounting comprises a curved resilient metal stri 6 which has an O-shaped upper extremity which carries at its top the hearing lugs d, the opening 8 of the said extremity 7 being so arranged that the Weight can swing freely without the resilient eyesu'pporting strip 6 interfering. attaching member 9 has inwardly curved longitudinal flanges 10 under lower end 11 of the strip 6 engages. In other words, the supporting or base member 9 has a socket in which the strip 6 is slidably disposed for the purpose of adjustment. the lower end of the strip 6 1s a vertical slot 12 through which extends a bolt 13 which also extends through an opening 14 in the base member and an opening 15 in the back portion 16 of the dolls head, said bolt serving to secure the mounting in the head and to hold the strip'6 in any desired position of vertical adjustment. rmivementv of the mounting the base member 9 hasspurs l7 stamped out therefrom which enter the composition-oi the dolhas shown in Fig. 3, so that a s ngle fastening sufices to secure the mounting. firmlyin; place. it is necessary to adjust the upper part 7 of the member 6 so that the eyes will not frictionally engage the walls. of their sockets. For this purpose an adjusting device in the form of a bolt 17 is employed. The bol in the upper slotted end 18 of the base'memher 9 and passes through an opening 19 in the member 6. By the bolt the upper drawn rearwardly so as to remove the eyes out of contact with the eye sockets of the member. If the e es are too far to the rear the nut is loosens so that the eyes can come the bolt 17 is preferably edected before the mounting is to a horizontal bar or shaft tightening the nut 20 of end of the member 6 is To prevent lateral t engages placed in the head by trials, and when the readily underno invention ap gertains,

mounted on stood ioy those skilled in the art to which the and While 1 have de scriioed the principle of operation, together with t ne device which I now consier to es the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood tliat'tlie device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may he made s/"nen desired as fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure icy 'Letters Patent:

1. The combination of a dolls head lia an adjustable resilient member attached to the back neck portion of the head and extending unwardly to i a point centrally between the eye sockets, and eyes the member at opposite sides thereof and disposed in the sockets.

2. The combination or a dolls head ha ing eye sockets, an adjustable resilient member attached to the baclr neck portion of the "need and extending upwardly to a point centrally between the eye sockets, eyes mounted on the member at opposite sides thereof and disposed in the sockets, said eyes being movable and said mernter loavan opening, and a swinging Weight connected with the eyes and moya oie through the opening as the head is tilted.

3. The combination of a head eye sockets, eyes in the sockets, and a spring member sunport'mg the eyes, means tor suptne permit vertical adjustment oi the eyes, and means for adjusting the member to horizontally adjust the eyes.

a. combinat' on or a head soc ets, eyes in he sockets, a non vice ccaneate mg: eye sockets,

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aerator) A an attacking base fastened in the "need, means for securing the member to the case in different positions of vertical adjustment, and an adjusting device -for moving the upper end oi the member back and iortl to adjust the position of the eyes intne eye sockets 5. The combination of a head having an open neck and having eye sockets, eyes in the said sockets, and. a supporting device for the eyes disposed in the head and fastened to the sack of the neck said deyice'including a yielding member ad'ustable vertically and having an upper eye-supporting portion adiustalile up and down or back and "forth horizontally.

6. A device of the class described comorising an attaching base formed with a socket, a resilient member slida ole in the socket, means for securing the resilient member in different positions of adjustment in the socket, eyes on the member, a pendulum device for moving tire eyes, said member having its upper portion bent away base, and adjustable device securing tire lease to the be t iort'on of the member to adjust the upper eyenolding' extremity of the member.

'7. The combination or? a dolls need naying eye socirets, eyes in the said soclrets, a pendulum connected with the eyes for moving the same, a supporting memioer for the eyes, an attaching base leaving s ours adapted to embed in e-Wall oi the head, a bolt cooperating with the spurs to hold the base in fined position, said loolt serving to adjustaoly s pp ort member on ing base, and additional means adjusting the giositien or the DUE A.

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